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kentuck

(111,082 posts) Wed Dec 3, 2014, 05:20 PM Dec 2014

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Tobacco may be more fatal than you thought....

Eric Garner gets choked to death for selling individual cigarettes on a corner in New York City and Michael Brown gets shot to death for shoplifting cigarillos in Ferguson, Missouri. You may have thought that tobacco would kill you gradually over a period of time? But it appears it can kill you much quicker than anyone ever thought...

(Not meant to minimize the seriousness of police brutality)

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Tobacco may be more fatal than you thought.... (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2014 OP

Word Kalidurga Dec 2014 #1

How long until a black man is shot dead for holding an e-cig Kurska Dec 2014 #2

...not to mention Skittles. cyberswede Dec 2014 #3

Brown was shot dead for walking while black. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #4

Right. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2014 #5

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

1. Word

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 05:23 PM

Dec 2014

Kurska

(5,739 posts)

2. How long until a black man is shot dead for holding an e-cig

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 05:37 PM

Dec 2014

And the cop claims he thought it was a gun.

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)

3. ...not to mention Skittles.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 05:38 PM

Dec 2014

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

4. Brown was shot dead for walking while black.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 06:14 PM

Dec 2014

The "shoplifting" excuse was provided after the execution, not before.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)

5. Right.

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 07:11 PM

Dec 2014

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